Dear Dad,

    On this date of your 50th birthday, Mom gave me the letter you wrote me when I was born 18 years ago. In your letter, you (wish) me to be strong-minded and successful. You were looking forward to  (see) me fight for my future bravely and do well for myself and others.  

    After reading this letter, I feel quite  (shock) at your expectation on me. I also feel shamed for not having performed well to meet your demand. I still remember when I was in primary school, I failed  (apply) myself to studying. I was addicted  computer games. As a consequence, I soon became the last one in my class. You didn't abuse me at all. On the contrary, you taught me that studying was   most important object at the moment and encouraged me to study hard. Only when I have read your letter did I realize that I behaved so  (bad) at that time.  

    I can't help (express) my gratitude and sending my best wishes to you. Wish you health and (happy). I promise that I will spare no effort to satisfy your demand of being a brave and  (success) person.  

    If you can find a tree which has been cut down，you will see many rings，or circles，on the base of the trunk.By learning to read these rings，you can find out about the tree's life.

    The number of rings tells you how old the tree is.Each year，new wood is formed on the outside of the tree.This new wood is light in color when the tree is growing in spring and summer，and dark in winter when the tree is not growing much.So，if you count the rings of dark­or­light colored wood，you can often find out how old the tree is.

    You can also tell which years have been good years and which years have been bad years.When the light­colored rings are very wide，it means that the tree has been growing quickly that year.If the rings are narrow，it has been growing slowly.If the rings on a tree trunk were greatly magnified，you would be able to see why the rings are light­colored when the tree is growing quickly and dark­colored when the tree is growing slowly.The tree trunk is made up of microscopic tubes，like some pipes，carrying water from the soil，through the trunk，and up to the leaves.They are wide and thin­walled when the tree is growing quickly and they are carrying a lot of water.They are narrow and stuck together when the tree is not growing so quickly.

    When a tree is old，the tubes in the centre of the tree don't carry water.The walls of the tubes have become thick with materials which have stuck along them over the years，forming a kind of wood called“heartwood”．This kind of wood is darker in color than the young，growing wood on the outside of the tree.

    You don't very often see whole tree trunks which have been cut across.But once you learn to read a cross section of the wood，you can see much more in wood which has been used to make boxes，houses and other things.

    In most wood，instead of seeing the trunk cut across，you are seeing it cut along its length.Because you don't see the whole tree，you can't tell how old it is.

Title： of a Tree

—_______. Will pennies do?

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺调处加一个漏字符号(∧）)，并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

    I'm a 17-year-old senior student from China. While surfed the Internet, I have found that your organization will hold a summer camp in Singapore. With greatly interest, I'd like to apply for them. I'm an outgoing girl who like communicating with others. I could speak English well. My written English is excellent, either. I wish to join in the activities. For one thing, I'm willing to introduce China to other students from all over world; for another, I expect to learn from more about other countries. In addition, I'd like to make friend. The chance is so precious as I'm really looking forward to your approval.

—Because he had (背叛) his country.

增加:在缺词处加一个漏子符号(∧)并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词; 2. 只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。

    I took our foreign teacher Mr. Brown, he came to China for the first time, to the Great Wall in last weekend. Having told about the history of the Great Wall, he was amazing at this world wonder. He was struck by the beautiful of the Great Wall. So I took photo of him, which would be a good memory for him. At the top, Mr. Brown was very interested in the activity of protecting the environment that he was eager to join in and then sign his name. Both the Great Wall or the Chinese people deep impressed him. He decided to visit more places of interest when free.

你的短文应该包含：

1）．漫画描述和反映的问题是什么；

2）．面对这样的问题，你有什么样的想法；

3）．在我们的学习生活中应该怎样正确地解决这样的问题；

4）．词数120左右。

    One of the most successful singers of the twentieth century, Ella Fitzgerald has made several different styles of her own. She was born in Virginia but was brought up in an orphanage in Yonkers, New York. Chick Webb spotted her in an amateur competition when she was sixteen. He engaged her to sing with his band and when he died in 1939, she took over.

    Unlike Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald taught herself the sentimental music so popular in the 1930's — songs like “My Heart Belongs to Daddy”— and her recordings became best-sellers. During the 1940's she developed her own “scat singing” — a breathless, nonsense—syllable style—for songs like “Flying Home” and “Lady Be Good.”

    Ella Fitzgerald was the perfect musical partner for her friend, the trumpeter Louis Armstrong, matching him in warmth and artistry. “I just like music, period,” she said. “To me, it's a story. There's only one thing better than singing…. It's more singing.”

    Don't let Aurora's small stature (身高) fool you — her spirit is strong. She is one of 140 chickens 1 from a farm. When we saved her, she was tiny and sick and it seemed2 that she would survive. Having never got the right 3 ， many of the chickens were sick and some 4 died.

    At a young age, Aurora and her sisters and brothers were 5 by their mom. Luckily, another mother 6their care. Aurora seemed the last to 7 food and attention. She grew at a much slower 8 than her brothers and sisters. Everything seemed 9her.

    At the young age of seven months, Aurora had lost two moms and was 10 to find a place with the other chickens.

    Aurora 11 found comfort from an old chicken named Margaret, staying under her wings during the cold nights, 12 Margaret was so old that a few months later she died. Aurora, in her own way, thinks of Margaret. Every evening, you will find her in the 13 spot where she kept Margaret company. 14 when the other chickens try to 15her away, Aurora comes back.

    As Aurora grew, we became 16 at her love to simply live. Nothing 17 her.

    So remember, when life seems so 18 that you can't take it, think of Aurora. She has lost two moms, watched her sisters and brothers die, and 19 from serious illnesses. Yet she enjoys the small, sweet 20life has offered — safety, food, warmth and good friendships.